[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 66 (Monday, May 10, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E906]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              CONGRATULATIONS TO MRS. PATRICIA HAUGH, R.N.

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                           HON. TAMMY BALDWIN

                              of wisconsin

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 10, 1999

  Ms. BALDWIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to proudly salute a truly 
outstanding nurse from my district, Mrs. Patricia Haugh, who recently 
was presented with a Wisconsin Outstanding Nurses of the Year Award. 
The Award is sponsored by the Wisconsin League for Nursing and Blue 
Cross Blue Shield United of Wisconsin.
  Mrs. Haugh, who was nominated by her coworkers at Reedsburg Area 
Medical Center, works in the Intensive Care Unit, Emergency Department, 
and Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit. During her 27 years of service, she 
kept the focus of work on the needs of patients and has been an example 
to her friends and coworkers. She compassionately spends hours with 
patients and families explaining their loved one's medical condition 
and helping them understand what treatments are being offered.
  Mrs. Haugh's commitment to quality care is a quintessential example 
of the kind of selfless dedication that millions of American nurses 
demonstrate every day. We should all be fortunate to have health care 
professionals of her caliber working in our hospital and medical 
centers.
  Mr. Speaker, please join me in honoring Mrs. Patricia Haugh. This 
week is National Nurses' Week, and we should all pause to celebrate 
Mrs. Haugh and all America's nurses; the heroes of the best health care 
system in the world.

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